Wire-coiling tool.



No. 821,162. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906 O. A. GANT.

WIRE GOILING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.23.1905v 7 I f] wuewfoz a we. Q 1 a fl g 35 WWWJNDREW a Imam co. wow-umoummms..ms sssssssss n c UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

OAKLEY A. GANT, OF OAKMAN, ALABAMA.

WI RE-COILING TOOL Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed November 23.1905J Serial No. 288.719.

T0 0; whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, OAKLEY A. GANT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oak man, in the county of Walker and State of Alabama, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Wire-Coiling Tools, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in tools for coilingwire, and more particularly relates to a tool for coiling one length orply of wire around another length or ply of wire.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient tool ofan improved construction for coiling or wrapping one wire length aroundand connecting the same to another wire length, and particularly adaptedto secure insulator tie-wires to line-wires and for connectingline-wires and which can also be used as ordinary pliers or pincers.

The invention consists incertain novel features in construction and incombinations or arrangements of parts, as more fully and particularlyset forth hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is apersp ective viewof the tool, showing the aws thereof partially separated. Fig. 2 is aperspective View showing the tool from a different angle. Fig. 3 is across-sectional view through the two jaws in closed position. Fig. 4 isa detail view of the wireclipper.

The tool consists of two crossed pivoted levers pivotally joined by thetransverse pivotpin 1 and having. their ends extended to form the handle2, while the opposite ends of the levers form the two correspondingapproximately similar jaws 3, capable of coact. in in performing theordinary functions 0 a pliers or plncers.

The inner face of each jaw 3 is formed with i a transversesemicylindrical socket, groove, or depression 4, opening through oneside edge of the jaw and extending the greater portion of the distancethrough the jaw and at its inner end terminating in the transversesemicylindrical contracted line-wire-receiving groove 5, extending theremainder of the distance through the jaw and opening through theopposite side edge of the jaw. The grooves ofthe two aws are arranged injuxtaposition and register or coincide when the jaws are closed togetherto form the enlarged cylindrical opening or socket 4, terminating in thecontracted passage or opening 5. Each jaw is formed with a perforation6, ex-

tending completely therethrough at right angles to the longitudinal'axisof the grooves 4 5 and to the length of each jaw. Each perforation 6 atits inner end opens through the floor of the enlarged groove 4 at apoint about midway the length of said groove and at its outer end opensthrough the flat outer face of the jaw. The perforations 6 through onejaw is referably of a larger size or diameter than t e perforation 6 ofthe other jaw. The grooves and perforations are arranged intermediatethe length of the jaws, whereby the solid outer portions 7 0f the jawsbeyond said grooves and perforations can be formed with the flat orplain inner surfaces to cooperate in performing the various functions ofordinary pincers or pliers. The two levers are notched at 8, just inrear of the pivot-pin, to form the cooperating shearing cutting edges 9for cutting wire. One or both of these edges 9 are inclined, so that asthe edges are brought together the rear or free ends of the edges willfirst meet, thereby confining the wire in the notches during the cuttingaction and causing the blades to draw across the same at an angle.

The implement described is particularly intended for use in applying orrepairing telegraph or telephone lines, in applying the insulatortie-wires, and in coupling or connecting line-wires. In using theimplement to apply the wires the tie-wire is passed around the insulatorand a free end thereof passed outwardly through one of the perforations6 of the coiling-tool described. The jaws of the tool are then closed onthe line-wire with the same passing through passage 4 5 and with end 40f the passage next to the insulator. The tool is then rotated aroundthe linewire, thereby coiling the tie-wire tightly to and around theline-wire, the tie-wire feeding in through the perforation 6. The coilaround the line-wire is formed in the enlarged portion 4 of the tool,and the small size of the perforation 6' causes the proper feeding ofthe tie-wire and the proper tension thereon. When the end of thetie-wire has been completely guided and fed in through perforation 6 andthe coil is completed, the jaws are separated and the tool removed. Thetool is then reversed, and the other end of the tie-wire is then passedoutwardly through one of the perforations 6, and the jaws are closed onthe ne-wire at the opposite side of the insulator with the enlargedportion 4 of the wire-passage next to the insulator. The tool is thenrotated around the line-wire, gradually sliding thereon away from theinsulator to form the final coil of the tie-wire on the line-wire and tocomplete the 0 eration of fastening the line-wire to the insu ator bymeans of the tie-wire. I

The tool is e ually well adapted to connect or couple toget er line orother Wires. The ends of the two wires to be coupled together are bentlaterally and hooked together, and one of the lateral ends is passedoutwardly through the larger of the two perforations 6, and the jaws arethen closed together with the line-wire of the end passed through theperforation extending loosely through passage 4 5. The tool is thenrotated around said line-wire to coil said end thereon. The operation isthen repeated to coil the other lateral end on its line-wire, the toolbeing held in the reversed position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1, A wire-coiling tool comprising the two crossed pivoted levers havinga pair of cooperating pincer-jaws, formed at their inner faces withregistering similar transverse coilreceiving grooves terminating inreduced linewire-receiving grooves, a jaw having a wire feeding andguiding perforation extending therethrough andopening into the floor ofthe coil-receiving groove, substantially as described.

2. A pair of pincers consisting of pivotally-united levers having at theend approximately similar cooperating jaws at their inner faces havingthe transverse registering grooves extending completely across the same,and the perforations extending through the jaws at right angles to thelength thereof and to the axis of the passage formed by said grooves andopening into said passage intermediate the length thereof, oneperforation being of greater diameter than the other, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two subscribingWitnesses.

OAKLEY A. GANT.

Witnesses:

R. A. GANT, A. B. GANT.

